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title: "FreeBSD 2.2.6 Announcement"
sidenav: download
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= FreeBSD 2.2.6 Announcement

*Date:* Wed Mar 25 04:24:34 PST 1998 +
*From:* "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> +
*Subject:* 2.2.6 RELEASE now available from ftp.freebsd.org (and some mirrors)

As always, it's my great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.2.6, our latest release on the 2.2-stable branch and the result of over 4 months of work since 2.2.5 was released. See the link:../notes/[release notes] for a list of significant changes since the previous release.

FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE is available on ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD[ftp.freebsd.org] and various https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html[FTP mirror sites] throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from http://www.cdrom.com/[Walnut Creek CDROM], from where it will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff of interest to the programmer and general user alike.

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
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Or via the WEB page at:

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http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/[http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD]
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And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

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Walnut Creek CDROM +
4041 Pike Lane, #F +
Concord CA, 94520 USA +
Phone: +1 925 674-0783 +
Fax: +1 925 674-0821 +
Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234 +
Email: info@cdrom.com +
WWW: http://www.cdrom.com/
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Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html[mirror sites] in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK (among other countries :). Please check your regional mirrors first by going to:

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ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
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The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the following locations. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, please get secure (DES) and eBones (Kerberos) from one of the following foreign distribution sites:

South Africa::
  ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD +
  ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
Brazil::
  ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
Finland::
  ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt

link:../../[Release Home]
